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    Inmate Learns French in Maximum Security Prison
    Jermaine Archer was sentenced to 22 years to life at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in New York. As a participant in the college education ...
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    From Drug Dealer to College Graduate: A Second Chance
    Jermaine Archer, a former drug dealer, feels he's been given a second chance with the Sing Sing college education program. As the first male in his family to earn a ...
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    Former Inmate Appointed Director of College Education Program
    Before Sean Pica was sentenced to 24 years in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, his education ended in ninth grade. During his time in prison, Pica participated in the Sing ...
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    Investing in Prisoners’ Education Boosts the Economy
    John Fugelsang discusses common misperceptions of the prison education program with Sing Sing program director, Sean Pica. College program graduates are empowered to ...
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    Recidivism Rare Among Sing Sing Education Program Graduates
    Sean Pica is the director of the Sing Sing education program. Less than one percent of the program's graduates re-enter prison, compared to 43% of all incarcerated people who ...
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    Prison Education Program Graduate to Mentor in His Community
    Jermaine Archer is a graduate of the Sing Sing Prison education program. After serving out the remainder of his sentence, he plans to return to Flatbush, Brooklyn, to mentor ...
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    First Degree | Full Episode
    The expression, “sent up the river,” was coined by convicts who were sent up the Hudson River to do their time at the infamous Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY. ...
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